Good morning, Oswego County

Stephen D. CannerelliThe historic building that housed the Montgomery Ward department store and Goldberg's furniture for a total of nearly 100 years has been given new life. The building in Fulton has been renovated and is now called 129 Cayuga Street Condominiums.

It's Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, and here are some of the stories you'll find in today's edition of The Post-Standard:

Stephen D. CannerelliThis is one of the hallways at 129 Cayuga Street Condominiums.

Historic building saved: One of the three buildings in the downtown area of Fulton that survived the urban renewal of the late 1960s and early 1970s has been renovated into upscale condominiums, office and retail space. Doug Caster, a longtime city resident and the owner of Canalview Travel, is the owner and developer.

Renzi leads in the money race: With the backing of some of New York's most powerful Republicans, Dave Renzi has outpaced incumbent Darrel Aubertine by more than 2-1 in campaign contributions.

Eat spaghetti, help disabled children: Samantha Furco, the high school senior trying to raise enough money to build a playground for disabled children, is planning a benefit dinner from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at RFH's Hide-A-Way.

Fulton swimmer breaks family records: Every time Sara Nelson dives into the pool, no school record is safe. She's already set five individual records and a pool record this fall.

And this is only for our online readers:

Redfield gets first taste of winter: National Weather Service weather watcher Carolyn Yerdon reports this morning that heavy wet snow started falling around 3 p.m. Tuesday, dropping five inches 5 p.m. "As the evening went on," Carolyn said, "the snow piled up and we had 13 inches at 9:30.

"This a.m., we awoke to even more of this fall snow with a total so far (as of 8 a.m today, Wednesday) of 21 inches," she said. "Sandy Creek schools are closed due to the heavy snow taking down power lines and trees. Some areas are hazardous from the limbs hanging onto the roadways."